Quotes About Parenting

You have to let kids be kids. Robbing them of their childhood and/or adolescence is not fair.

It's hard to take people seriously who say you're totally irresponsible if you go out and climb mountains when you have kids, because they clearly don't understand the circumstances. You can't impose your own acceptance of risk on other people - that's not fair.

Alia and Shaheen have a smart father and have got good genes. But it's not fair that people expect them to do as well as their father.

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.

Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we're not perfect.

I don't think there's any doubt, I love my kids. But I'm certainly not perfect, not even close. But I try to be a good dad.

There's no point spending every day with the kids and not talking to each other. I'd rather spend one very intense day together.

I'm not ashamed to confess that I often note down many of the crazy things my children say.

I've tried to start my kids on 'Doctor Who,' but they're just not there yet. Someone had given me these TARDIS stick-em notes, so I gave them to Tucker, and he finally put them all over his locker. I'm like, 'You're the coolest fifth grader, ever!'

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything we do. They notice the choices we make and the company we keep.

We all want our children to be the best they can be; and one of the blessings of having an autistic child is that you notice every little achievement, and it becomes cause for celebration.

One thing I have noticed about having kids, is all you do is worry about them. Worry how they're going to do in life, worry how they're getting on at school, worried when they fall over, worried when they get a cut, you just worry about them in general.

I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from bringing their kids.

My kids grew up here. My son and daughter both went to Notre Dame.

We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him.

There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.

I have older boys and two of them are driving which is scary to me just because of the police nowadays.

Nowadays, you cannot tell your kids what to do. In fact, you have to listen to them. As a parent, give them great education and values and they will decide what to do in life.

At the end of the day, life and the way things are nowadays, you have to mentally prepare your kids. Whether I'm with a woman or not, walking down the street with my son, he's going to see a man and a man holding hands, so eventually I have to give him that conversation.

If I hadn't had a baby, a part of me thinks I might have turned up on the red carpets all the time and gone, 'Hi, it's me!' Maybe other people do it because they haven't got kids and they've nowhere else to be. But because I have, I don't feel like that.

My daughter was born when I was nowhere near where I am now, and she took me to another level. I said, 'I have to become a better person in this life if I want to serve as an example. If I want to set a positive example for her, I need to get better myself.'

If I do have kids, we'll have someone, like a nurse, take care of them, because I don't intend to give up my career.